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Michael J Ettema
Michael J Ettema is listed in the FAIR appraiser registry with an office in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The record comes from the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) member directory and lists ISA AM. Listed specialties: American Indigenous Art, Art: American and Decorative Arts & Accessories. Services, credentials and other facts stated on their own website are listed below.
Appraiser facts
- Credentials, memberships and roles
- ISA: listed as ISA AM in the International Society of Appraisers directory (record imported February 20, 2026)
- ISA AM
Source: ISA member directory record. Source-check date not published. Confirm current standing with the issuing organization.
- Office location
Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Fees
Not supplied. Ask for written terms that do not depend on value, sale price or outcome.
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- Website
- Registry status
Listed · Unclaimed
Listed since 2026-02-20; record edited 2026-08-25.
From their website
- Credentials
- USPAP compliant
- Memberships
- International Society of Appraisers (ISA)
- Appraises
- American fine and decorative art and antiques
- Native American arts of the Southwest
- Southwest Native American rugs, blankets, pottery, Indian jewelry, baskets and kachinas
- Appraisal services
- insurance appraisals
- estate planning appraisals
- charitable donation appraisals
- divorce / equitable distribution appraisals
- How they work
- virtual appraisals from photos sent by email
- in-person inspection and inventory at your location
- Experience
- 29 years of experience with American fine and decorative arts and antiques as a museum curator, educator, and director
Stated on artappraisalsofsantafe.com/about-aasf, artappraisalsofsantafe.com, artappraisalsofsantafe.com/appraisal-services; checked October 14, 2026. Not supplied to FAIR by the appraiser, and FAIR has not verified it. Confirm directly.
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Source record and dates
- Source checked
- Not supplied
- Profile record edited
- 2026-08-25
- Listed since
- 2026-02-20
- Source freshness
- Source-check date unavailable
- Source confidence
- Website-backed unclaimed profile
- Source wording
- American Indigenous Art, Art - American, Decorative Arts & Accessories, ISA AM
- Service categories
- Fine art
- Linked source
- artappraisalsofsantafe.com
- Discovery status
- Unclaimed appraiser profile
- Profile completeness
- Strong public detail
- Profile evidence confidence
- Website-backed public source
- Formal-use routing signals
- Unknown
Source checks, profile edits and education checks are separate events. Not supplied: source fetched, profile verification-check date, education completed, education evidence checked.
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Local read
FAIR lists Michael J Ettema as a website-backed unclaimed Santa Fe, NM profile with American Indigenous Art, Art - American, Decorative Arts & Accessories, and ISA AM specialty language. FAIR shows ISA and AM credential-like signals and a source check dated 2026-05-26, but no FAIR verified status, no public fee statement, no public USPAP education detail, no formal-use routing signal, and no public claim/control status. The linked Art Appraisals of Santa Fe site identifies Michael Ettema, ISA, and describes appraisal and curatorial services for American fine and decorative art and antiques, plus Native American arts of the Southwest. Its appraisal page lists Southwest Native American rugs and blankets, pottery, Indian jewelry, baskets, Kachinas, paintings, and sculpture; American fine art paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture; and American decorative arts and antiques including furniture, silver, ceramics, lighting, and folk art. The same page says appraisals may be done by email from photographs, describes consultation, inspection, inventory, descriptions, photography, market research, and a written appraisal report, and says fees are charged hourly for inspection, common research, and report writing. It also says Asian and African art, dolls and toys, coins and currency, weapons and military collectibles, precious gems, and fine jewelry are outside the practice. Before outreach, confirm current scope, report purpose, remote versus in-person review, fee basis, delivery timing, and whether the object falls inside the stated categories.
Source-backed fit centers on Santa Fe appraisal or curatorial work for American and Southwest fine art, decorative arts, antiques, Native American pottery, rugs, blankets, Indian jewelry, baskets, Kachinas, paintings, sculpture, furniture, silver, ceramics, lighting, and folk art.
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